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Published: 2017-06-18 18:03:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 2622; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 1
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Here is another drawing of Astaroth as he appears in my Hell Quest project, but in the same position and shading technique as in the illustration by Louis Le Breton and Jarrault for Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal !Related content
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Wow. I know this was uploaded a while ago, but I just have to comment on how you captured the old storybook look perfectly. Looks like a page ripped out of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. I apologize if I have asked this before but do you draw traditionally, digitally, or a mix of both?
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Thank you very much 
I could do some other drawings like this, but I also think I could redesign some of my christian demons someday... Don't know what I want to do
No worries ! I usually do the lineart traditionally, and then I add colors, shading and lighting in Photoshop
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THIS ROOM IS AN ILLUSION AND IS A TRAP DEVISUT BY SATAN. GO AHEAD DAUNTLESSLY! MAKE RAPID PROGRES!
I just had to reference that.
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But it's a reference to what 
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Ghosts n’ Goblins. When you defeat the final boss (Astaroth), you get a poorly translated text that tells you you have to beat the twice to see the real ending. And let me tell you, I’ve never played that game, but it is notorious for its difficulty.
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Ooh okay, I never really searched a lot about this franchise, but I know that in one of the games, there is this weird boss called Killer Coral XD
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In that same game (Super Ghouls n’ Ghosts) Arthur has to fight a cockatrice, a hydra, Astaroth, Nebiroth (a green clone of Astaroth, who also looks nothing like a three-headed dog), and finally, Samael (renamed Sardius for the American port). Satan appears in the beginning cutscene, but doesn’t appear after that. There’s also an enemy that is a skeletal cannon called “Belial”.
Ghouls n’ Ghosts (the predecessor) has Arthur fight Cerberus (depicted as a regular hellhound), Astaroth, another Astaroth, and finally, Lucifer (renamed Loki in the American version).
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Haaa... American censorship is hilarious X)
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I remember Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal. It was one of my first demonology texts i've started studying when i was 15. You did an awesome job, the technique is very very good and you nailed perfectly the ancient style.
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Thank you very much
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